Pakistan reports first polio case of 2025 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Pakistan health authorities have reported the first wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) case of 2025.
On Wednesday, The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health confirmed one polio case from DI Khan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The onset of the case was on 7 January 2025, making it the first WPV1 case of 2025 in Pakistan.
Last year in 2024, a total of 73 cases were reported. Of these, 27 were from Balochistan, 22 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 22 from Sindh, and one each from Punjab and Islamabad.
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